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Joy

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takemetoyourriver · 30/07/2020 21:31

What do you think of first name Joy?

Really drawn to the name and its simplicity.

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Personcalledjoy · 04/08/2020 03:14

@Flymetothestars

Could it be a bit awkward if "Joy" suffers depression? Genuine question. I don't know.
I laughed WAY too hard at this Grin I've literally never had that thought before, even when my GP gave me antidepressants. Now I'm wondering if he was thinking it lol Hmm

But then, I'm usually more that slightly too perky type that slowly edges across the border of joy, marches through the meadows of mirth, flies over the field of fun and finally pole vaults into the pit of 'Joy... you're doing my head in'.

DoneWithLove · 04/08/2020 02:43

I like it too 💚

notangelinajolie · 04/08/2020 02:13

I think it is lovely.

hammie46i · 04/08/2020 02:11

I think it's lovely.

Cattenberg · 04/08/2020 01:37

The Joy I know is (was) very, very religious.

Funnily enough, both of the Joys I know are practising Christians. One is in her forties and the other is in her sixties. When I was a child, I knew another little girl called Joy. Her mother was a volunteer at the local church.

Flymetothestars · 01/08/2020 16:57

Could it be a bit awkward if "Joy" suffers depression? Genuine question. I don't know.

HeronLanyon · 01/08/2020 16:50

I love it. Joyful. However it is still rather dated ? I’d want it to become a little more used I think ?
No I actually just like it a lot.

Flymetothestars · 01/08/2020 16:48

I like the sound of it but worry there would be a pressure to be cheerful all the time!

micc · 01/08/2020 16:42

Love it, simple and classic.
It will be nice for a baby named Joy after the year we have all had!
I considered the name Jane, again simple and classic. They both sound beautiful and fair.

CoffeeBeansGalore · 01/08/2020 09:55

My middle name. Always hated it. The only relief being it wasn't my first name. Please don't inflict this on your child.

SpeedofaSloth · 01/08/2020 09:46

I have never really associated it with Christianity TBH. Come to think of it I know a few Faiths and I never make that association with them, either.
I knew a cheerful Felicity (lovely name), and I know a Verity who is probably too little to tell if she's compulsively truthful yet.

SpeedofaSloth · 01/08/2020 09:44

Joy is nice Joyce is bloody awful.

TheRosariojewels · 31/07/2020 18:01

It reminds me of King Curtis' nemesis Joy.

SomeWateryTart · 31/07/2020 17:20

The Joy I know is (was) very, very religious. Surprisingly so for our age group tbh. But a lovely person and extremely intelligent.

I also know a few families who are very Christian who used Grace, because of God's grace / amazing grace and all that.

JoyMyNameIsJoy · 31/07/2020 17:10

It's also a very Christian name, so people expect certain behaviours from you too.

Somewaterytart I don't think many people actually associate Felicity with its Latin meaning, not sure why. It's still seen as a name first, meaning second, unlike Joy, Chastity etc which are words first, names second.

Grace seems to have have escaped this, perhaps because it's so ubiquitous?

SomeWateryTart · 31/07/2020 17:02

Ah yes, that would be the one downside to 'virtue' names.

Verity and Felicity would be hard to live up to. But the plus side to being a Verity who lied is they'd never expect it mwahahahahahaha!

JoyMyNameIsJoy · 31/07/2020 17:00

Yup, Jo all the time, or Joyce!

And it's too much to live up to, tbh. People expect constant sunniness.

SomeWateryTart · 31/07/2020 16:56

@Anaesthetist83

Jo, Joyce, Joey, Jay

My maiden name was bonkers. It was massacred at my graduation Hmm. But mispronouncing Joy, is pretty bad! It's an actual word, people!

Anaesthetist83 · 31/07/2020 16:54

Jo, Joyce, Joey, Jay

SomeWateryTart · 31/07/2020 16:34

@Anaesthetist83

Haha you’d be surprised 😂😂😂
Ah do you get Joey? Joie, like the French Confused? People can be so stupid. Assuming English is their first language of course!
Anaesthetist83 · 31/07/2020 16:07

Haha you’d be surprised 😂😂😂

Giganticshark · 31/07/2020 15:51

It's lovely!
So underused.
It sparks happiness. JOY!
Ohhh I really do love it.
You can't spell or pronounce it wrong.

KingOfDogShite · 31/07/2020 13:56

My grandmother is called Joy and she’s a wonderful kind woman so it has good connotations for me. Joyce seems more old fashioned somehow.

Anaesthetist83 · 31/07/2020 13:55

It’s my name. Growing up, I hated it. Now I quite like it. But hate it when people call be Joyce

Theworldisfullofgs · 31/07/2020 13:43

Sorry I don't like it. Every Joy I've ever met was Joyless.

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